diff --git a/apps/perf-collector/pom.xml b/apps/perf-collector/pom.xml
index 1405fbef..8602265d 100644
--- a/apps/perf-collector/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/perf-collector/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.release>25</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <aws-sdk.version>2.46.6</aws-sdk.version>
-        <kubernetes-client.version>26.0.0</kubernetes-client.version>
+        <kubernetes-client.version>27.0.0</kubernetes-client.version>
         <!-- Native runtime assets bundled into the image. linux/amd64 only -
              multi-arch is out of scope for the workshop. -->
         <async-profiler.version>4.4</async-profiler.version>